Joseph Bonaparte Gulf

It spans 225 mi (360 km) east to west, and it indents the Australian coast for 100 mi (160 km). Entered by a Dutch navigator in 1644, it was visited in 1803 by Nicolas Baudin, a Frenchman who named it after Napoleon's brother Joseph Bonaparte.

inlet of the Timor Sea, having a width of 200 miles (320 km) and indenting the north coast of Australia for 100 miles. Although its western limit is generally agreed to be Cape Londonderry in Western Australia, its eastern limit is variously placed between Cape Scott and Point Blaze in Northern Territory.

The Ord, Durack, Pentecost, and Forrest rivers enter the Joseph Bonaparte Gulf via an estuarine division called Cambridge Gulf, which is the site of Wyndham, the area's principal port. The Victoria River flows into the gulf's Queen's Channel and the Fitzmaurice River into Keyling Inlet. Aboriginal reserves are on the east and west shores. The gulf was entered (1644) by the Dutch navigator Abel Tasman. In 1803 it was visited by Nicolas Baudin, a Frenchman who named it after the eldest brother of Napoleon I. The name was discarded by Capt. Phillip Parker King of the Royal Navy when he conducted a coastal survey in 1817, but it was revived during World War II.

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Joseph Bonaparte Gulf — is a large body of water off the coast of the Northern Territory, Australia, at coord|14.25|S|128.5|E|. It is named after Joseph Bonaparte, brother of Napoleon and King of Naples (1806 1808) and then Spain (1808 1813).The gulf is also often… … Wikipedia

Joseph Bonaparte Gulf — /dʒoʊsəf ˈboʊnəpat/ (say johsuhf bohnuhpaht) noun a large gulf between the northern coast of WA and the western coast of the NT. {named by Nicolas Baudin in 1803 after Joseph Bonaparte (see Bonaparte family) … Australian English dictionary

Joseph Bonaparte — Joseph Napoléon Bonaparte, King of Naples and Sicily, King of Spain (during a time ) and the Indies (never de facto and never de iure), Comte de Survilliers (Corte, France, January 7, 1768 ndash; Florence, Italy, July 28, 1844) was the elder… … Wikipedia

Joseph — /joh zeuhf, seuhf/, n. 1. Jacob s eleventh son, the first of Jacob and his second wife, Rachel: sold into slavery by his brothers. Gen. 30:22 24; 37. 2. the husband of Mary who was the mother of Jesus. Matt. 1:16 25. 3. (Hinmaton yalaktit), c1840 … Universalium